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Equilibrium points of logarithmic potentials on convex domains

Complex Variables 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Let DD be a convex domain in the plane. Let aka_k be summable positive constants and let each zkz_k lie in DD. If the zkz_k converge sufficiently rapidly to a boundary point of DD from within an appropriate Stolz angle then the function f(z)=k=1ak/(zzk)f(z) = \sum_{k=1}^\infty a_k /(z - z_k) has infinitely many zeros in DD. An example shows that the hypotheses on the zkz_k are not redundant, and that two recently advanced conjectures are false.

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@article{arxiv.math/0601729,
  title  = {Equilibrium points of logarithmic potentials on convex domains},
  author = {J. K. Langley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0601729},
  year   = {2007}
}
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